Thousand of Mexican troops pour into Cuidad Juarez as part of the government's effort to prevent a collapse of law and order.
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Thousands of Mexican troops are pouring into Ciudad Juarez as the government tries to prevent total anarchy in the country's most violent city, reports Reuters. More than 2,000 people have been killed in the border city during the last year as drug cartels—in league with corrupt cops—battle for supremacy. The army plans to have 7,500 troops in place by the end of the week.

And Mexico blames the United States (of course) for thier woes. Our fault that thier drugs come into the US and our fault that the drug dealers buy guns here. So America's fault for the things that come both north and south. I've heard this kind of argument before. The problem is that too many people will buy into it. Mexico needs to correct its lawlessness and corruption first.

Glodson

Mar 4, 2009 3:13 AM CST

Pot is often a gateway drug because when young people discover that the dangers thereof were greatly exaggerated by their parents & teachers, etc, they logically assume that harder drugs must be "OK" too.